A roadside hotel that you can’t stop at. 

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The narrowest street in Paris.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Like the monarchs in its home country, this sculpture keeps losing its head.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.